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  • Update on Security Advisory 2269637

    Hi everyone, Since we released Security Advisory 2269637 on August 23, we've continued to conduct an investigation not only into our own affected products, but also into how we can best help to protect customers

  • Keeping up with DLL hijacking

    A week has passed since Microsoft published security advisory KB2269637 that details the technology underlying the DLL hijacking vulnerabilities. Since then security researchers have looked at

  • DLL loading vulnerability

    Scarcely had we got our breath back mainly after Microsoft  addressed a serious vulnerability in handling .LNK (shortcut) files, before researcher

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Symantec Security Response

  • Evolution of SEO Poisoning

    In previous blogs we have discussed how malware can exploit a search engine’s indexing features in order to spread malicious content. Recently we have observed a massive compromise of websites under the .ch and .nl

  • Catching Flies with Honey

    Symantec often utilizes honeypots to acquire new samples and observe attacks in the wild. Many threats encountered on honeypots are related to botnets. However, on a rare occasion a honeypot may encounter a targeted attack.

  • Tidserv’s Boot Methods

    In this blog we continue our analysis of the recently discovered Tidserv variant that is capable of infecting 64-bit Windows operating systems. While we gave a quick overview of the threat yesterday, today we’re going

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TrendMicro

  • Close Encounter with an Internet Scammer

    This is just the story of a scam somebody tried to pull on me yesterday. It was too funny not to publish it. The fact is that I’m selling my car so I put it up

  • Spammers Target Facebook and Twitter at Once

    Due to their ever-growing popularity, social networks have been a continuous target of cybercriminals to proliferate their malicious schemes. TrendLabsSM received samples of another Facebook spam, this time also taking advantage of the popular micro-blogging

  • Months-Old Skype Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

    Cybercriminals have once again used a not-so-new but still a seemingly promising medium for their malware campaigns. Earlier today, ZDNet reported a “new” exploit that targets Skype users. This exploit

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